Endoscopy in the elderly patient

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 999-1012

  De la Mora, Guillermo ^a   Marcon, Norman E ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Endoscopic; Endoscopy; Geriatric; Old age

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0035698104     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2001.0254     Document Type: Article

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